Brokers and advisers have accused YuLife of poaching their clients with Bupa group healthcare products, with some intermediaries losing business to the organisation. One adviser told Corporate Adviser a client who had...
Towergate Health & Protection has appointed Tim Moloney to be its new head of client development. Moloney joins from Mercer Marsh Benefits where he helped grow the employee benefits and general insurance...
First Actuarial has moved into the group protection sector, with a new consultancy service designed to support clients with wider employee benefits. The company has recruited a team of specialist consultants and...
Group protection sales may be on the up, with 900,000 new members covered on these workplace policies last year, but the new chair of the trade body, Group Risk Development (Grid) Colin...
Less than one in two employers would consider a benefits programme that supports all staff, according to new research from the trade body Group Risk Development. Employee Benefits were traditionally seen as...
The information drought accompanying this April’s announcement that Aviva had completed the £453 million acquisition of AIG Life left us knowing little more than when the deal was originally announced last September. At...
Anne Drugnick is to head Secondsight’s health and protection division, following the successful acquisition and integration of Punter Southall’s employee benefits advisory business. Secondsight is the employee benefits consulting arm of Foster...
Belfast-based financial services firm Kerr Henderson (KHFS) has been acquired by Michael Blaney, managing director of Ashtree Financial Services, and former owner of Autoline, for an undisclosed sum. The merger of KHFS and...
Group risk underwriters remain remarkably upbeat, despite the potential for the NHS crisis to boost claims. And the fact that intermediaries have few gripes to express about their activities might suggest their...
More than eight out of 10 (83 per cent) Legal & General group income protection claimants returned to work within the deferred period last year, according to the insurer. This figure includes...
